New MySQL Cluster maintenance release: 7.0.6

MySQL Cluster version 7.0.6 has been released. MySQL Cluster 7.0.6 is available in source and binary form for a number of platforms from our download pages.

The release in source form can in addition be downloaded from the MySQL FTP server.

MySQL Cluster version 7.0.6 is using MySQL Server version 5.1.34 and contains all bug fixes and changes that MySQL Server 5.1.33 and 5.1.34 contain.
Following changes were made in MySQL Cluster 7.0.6 since the previous release 7.0.5:

Functionality added or changed:

Important Note: It is possible in MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0.6 and later to perform online upgrades from MySQL Cluster NDB 6.3.8 and later MySQL Cluster NDB 6.3 releases, or from MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0.5 or later MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0 releases.

It was not possible to perform an online upgrade from any MySQL Cluster NDB 6.x release to MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0.5 or any to earlier MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0 release. (Bug#44294)

The ndb_config utility program can now provide an offline dump of all MySQL Cluster configuration parameters including information such as default and permitted values, brief description, and applicable section of the config.ini file.

The documentation has been updated accordingly and a full change log will be found.

For more information about changes and bugs fixed in MySQL Server 5.1.33 and 5.1.34 please refer to the reference manual.